<p dir="ltr">I can confirm that calling the DC office and asking to speak to the Legislative Assistant responsible for your issue is the best way to have your voice heard. Faxes are logged and responded to only if a response is requested. Emails are sorted by a Staff Assistant (commonly referred to as Staff Asses) or Interns and then sent a form letter in response.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As a general rule - DC influences policy. State offices work cases. YMMV depending on the rep/senator and the specific issue.<br>
--Chuck</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Mar 24, 2017, 11:53 AM Alex Carver <<a href="mailto:agcarver%2Bale@acarver.net">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2017-03-24 08:30, Kyle Brieden wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
>> Hah hah. Encrypted communication is all well and good, but let's not<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/23/wolverton-senate-republicans-vote-to-undermine-online-privacy/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/23/wolverton-senate-republicans-vote-to-undermine-online-privacy/</a><br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Better write your congresscritter (<br class="gmail_msg">
>> <a href="http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/</a> ).<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> -- CHS<br class="gmail_msg">
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> I wanted to take this comment and move it to a top level thread for<br class="gmail_msg">
> visibility. Please reach out to your congressman ASAP. You can<br class="gmail_msg">
> actually use ResistBot (<a href="https://resistbot.io/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://resistbot.io/</a>) simply by texting the<br class="gmail_msg">
> word "resist" to 50409. I did it last night in about 3 minutes. It<br class="gmail_msg">
> makes it very easy to express your thoughts, then faxes a nice letter to<br class="gmail_msg">
> the congressman. Whether that fax actually hits a fax machine or is<br class="gmail_msg">
> virtual now, I don't know, but it was very nice to use. PLEASE REACH<br class="gmail_msg">
> OUT! With it being this easy, there's no reason not to!<br class="gmail_msg">
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Calling works better by some accounts:<br class="gmail_msg">
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/12/politics/utah-woman-twitter-advice/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/12/politics/utah-woman-twitter-advice/</a><br class="gmail_msg">
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